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Proslav
the village of Michkur, a Tolstoyan colony and the western edge
Plovdiv's westernmost quarter is a former village: called Michkur until 1934, joined to the city in 1969. Its most curious chapter is the Tolstoyan agricultural colony that farmed 264 decares here from 1926 — land that later seeded the local collective farm.
Where the name comes from
The old name Michkur was replaced with Proslav in 1934, during the mass renaming of settlements with non-Slavic names.
Getting there
Along Peshtersko Shose by city bus; the Sofia railway bisects the quarter, and to the west it meets the Parvenetska river.
Quarter timeline
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1912
The volunteers' village
Michkur villagers volunteer in the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Corps during the Balkan War.
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1926
The Tolstoyan colony
A Tolstoyan community founds an agricultural colony on 264 decares; money troubles force it to divide the land in 1938.
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1934
Michkur becomes Proslav
The village receives its present name in the renamings of the 1930s.
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1945
Seed of the collective farm
The colony's farm becomes the foundation of the new labour-cooperative farm (TKZS).
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1969
A Plovdiv quarter
Proslav is annexed to the city and gradually knits into Smirnenski quarter to the east.